Clarient, Inc.
Aliso Viejo, California

“Our margin for error in completing the build out of our new lab was very small. We needed a contractor who had experience in laboratory construction and a track record of on-time and on-budget projects. During our search, LCS quickly stood out as a company that could deliver the results we were looking for. Looking back on the project, we certainly made the right choice.”
- Ron Andrews, Chief Executive Officer

Client Overview

Clarient, Inc. is a comprehensive cancer services company and a growing leader in advanced cancer diagnostics. They also provide critical oncology testing services to community pathologists and researchers and provide leading Image Analysis technology to hospitals, medical centers, and bio-pharmaceuticals companies.

Project Overview

LCS was selected by Clarient, Inc. to build their new 78,000 sf corporate headquarters and laboratories Aliso Viejo, California. LCS provided design-build services associated with the mechanical, electrical, and plumbing engineering. This facilitated the design process and integrated value engineering into the initial design concepts.

Clarient’s need for continuous operations required that the project be delivered in multiple phases.

Phase I: Design and construction of 26,000 square feet of laboratory and support space for occupancy. This was delivered in less than five months. Phase I completion allowed Clarient’s laboratory and administrative employees to take occupancy.

Phase II: Represented the build out of roughly 27,000 square feet of administrative and executive suites, as well as the product development portion of Clarient’s new corporate home.

Phase III: The exterior renovation of the structure and the site was completed along with additional office areas for future use by Clarient or possible sublease to start-up companies.

LCS’s Team was successful in meeting the needs of blending two different facilities and business aspects (i.e. research and manufacturing) into one business unit. The Team also met their goal of providing cost-efficient methods of handling project re-designs.